Chacón-Hurtado, Davis

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Sustainable development and transportation decision making: embedding community preferences in visualizations
(2013) Chacón-Hurtado, Davis; Figueroa-Medina, Alberto M.; College of Engineering; Papadopoulos, Christopher; Castro Sitiriche, Marcel J.; Valdés Díaz, Didier M.; Department of Civil Engineering; Torres Saavedra, Pedro A.
Transportation systems play a vital role in the development and prosperity of human beings, but can also negatively affect the environment and society, particularly if the interests of communities are disregarded. To advance Public Involvement in the transportation project development processes, a participatory decision-making technique focused on early public participation and the use visualizations was studied. A corridor located in the community of “Dulces Labios” in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico was used as case study for a hypothetical redevelopment project. Design criteria were selected from the literature, ranked based on public preferences, and translated into five fly-through animations. Finally, the visualizations were presented to the public for feedback. The results demonstrated that the visualizations were highly effective to embody and convey the original preferences, and are easy for people to understand and to discuss, empowering the whole process of public involvement.